That 3-tiebreak thriller probably let Pokrajac too tired to do a good match against Prpic.

Blarghman

09-18-2008, 10:59 PM

That 3-tiebreak thriller probably let Pokrajac too tired to do a good match against Prpic.

Yeah, agreed. Pokrajac would need to be playing at top form to beat Prpic, a win would have been his best of the season. Still, Milan has struggled to string together winning matches, so it's nice to see that he earns some points at least. He drops only 4 points for the rest of 2008, so if he can get even some quarters and semis appearances he'll be gaining something.

PereRibaFan

09-18-2008, 11:15 PM

Goodall is struggling a little bit in this tournament... I think that Evans will have his chances against him.

Good luck, Daniel :yeah:

CooCooCachoo

09-19-2008, 07:42 AM

Wow, great show from Milan :cool:, that must have been a long match.

And against his doubles partner in this tournament! But, clearly they weren't too tired:

To be honest, it's not a great showing. Pokrajac is not in good shape at all and the scoreline against Klingemann, and subsequent demolition by Prpic, only add to that. He had this good run in Canada once, but really hasn't done anything outstanding after that :shrug:

CooCooCachoo

09-19-2008, 07:43 AM

Goodall is struggling a little bit in this tournament... I think that Evans will have his chances against him.

Good luck, Daniel :yeah:

Haven't seen Evans play, but considering his run in Futures this year I also give him a shot. Nevertheless, the fact that Goodall's match against Skupski was close doesn't necessarily mean anything. It's a fast surface and Skupski is a good player on fast surfaces (doh, he's British :tape: :p), while Goodall is also not a renowned returner.

I hope Josh wins and that Stéphane takes out Prpic :yeah:

PereRibaFan

09-19-2008, 08:07 AM

Haven't seen Evans play, but considering his run in Futures this year I also give him a shot. Nevertheless, the fact that Goodall's match against Skupski was close doesn't necessarily mean anything. It's a fast surface and Skupski is a good player on fast surfaces (doh, he's British :tape: :p), while Goodall is also not a renowned returner.

I hope Josh wins and that Stéphane takes out Prpic :yeah:

I saw Evans last June at Queen's (in TV, of course). He lost to Malisse badly and didn't play well, but I always like to support the "young guns" :D

and Goodall, well, he lost a set against Sabaté, that's why I thought he's struggling a bit :p

We'll see what happens.

CooCooCachoo

09-19-2008, 08:26 AM

I saw Evans last June at Queen's (in TV, of course). He lost to Malisse badly and didn't play well, but I always like to support the "young guns" :D

and Goodall, well, he lost a set against Sabaté, that's why I thought he's struggling a bit :p

We'll see what happens.

Yeah, but from what I've gathered Sabate-Bretos is not your typical Spaniard, in the sense that he plays best on fast surfaces. But of course, I too expected it to be much easier for Goodall.

Robert is having a great year at the Futures, he was unranked in June and now he'll be back in the Top-500 :yeah:

Renaud

09-20-2008, 03:10 AM

Evans :( Expected loss after all

Robert is having a great year at the Futures, he was unranked in June and now he'll be back in the Top-500 :yeah:

I have never seen him playing... He is the best french player along with Joaun that I have never seen. Is Anyone able to tell me how he plays ??

CooCooCachoo

09-20-2008, 07:10 AM

I have never seen him playing... He is the best french player along with Joaun that u have never seen. Is Anyone able to tell me how he plays ??

What I've seen of him is on clay (RG qualies, 2006), where I think his game comes to live the best. He's a retriever who can quite aptly switch defense into offense. He had a great run there, defeating a red-hot Simon Greul, but fell to Wayne Arthurs (on clay..) in the final qualifying round. I remember the daily bulletins were giving him much attention :lol:

It has been a while since I've seen him though, so he might have developed his game. He has also had injury problems after I saw him.